-- WE DISCUSSED THIS AND THANK THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS EFFORTS IN CHINA, ALSO FOR POLAND'S SECURITY - WŁADYSŁAW KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FAKT'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MICHAŁ WODZIŃSKI: “As a government, we are in contact with the President regarding his foreign trips. This topic is also addressed in the Security Committee, which I chair. We discussed this and thank the President for his efforts in China, also for Poland's security.” -- IN THE ELECTORAL TRIPLE JUMP, TRZECIA DROGA ACHIEVED TWO POSITIVE RESULTS, VERY GOOD RESULTS. WITHOUT US, THERE IS NO MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT TODAY - KOSINIAK CONTINUES IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FAKT: “The elections in October ended in defeat for PiS and its two-week government. In the electoral triple jump, Trzecia Droga achieved two positive results, very good results. Without us, there is no majority in parliament today. We have 64 MPs; the governing coalition does not exist without our MPs. We managed to win the parliamentary elections, remove PiS from power, and form a coalition government, which was not a given. We managed to unlock funds from the KPO, give teachers a 30% raise, and public sector employees a 20% raise, continue and increase the modernization and transformation of the army, equip soldiers individually, change our position in the European Union, and build a stronger position in NATO, the tangible proof of which is the emerging NATO-Ukraine Centre for Education, Analysis, and Training in Bydgoszcz. Many things have already been achieved, though not all. Now, development and the economy unite us.” -- WE MUST DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM THIS, WE MUST NOT GIVE UP, WE MUST ALWAYS FIGHT TO THE END. THIS STAGE IS BEHIND US, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. A COMMON CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IS VERY IMPORTANT - KOSINIAK CONTINUES IN FAKT: “On Wednesday, the combined clubs of PSL and Polski 2050, i.e., the entire Trzecia Droga, met. We summed up the European elections, which did not go well for us because we were too weakly involved. We failed to mobilize our voters. Many people thought that after very good results in the other two elections, these were not as important for us. We must draw conclusions from this, we must not give up, we must always fight to the end. This stage is behind us, we are moving forward. A common candidate for president is very important, because then we will be stronger.” -- I AM FOR REDUCING THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTION, BECAUSE WE PROMISED THIS IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN - WKK CONTINUES: “I support the idea of having money for health, not spending it on coal from Colombia, as happened recently. They raised the health contribution, but the money did not go to health, but to the purchase of coal from Colombia. Our predecessors shifted health expenditures from the state budget to the National Health Fund (NFZ). This means they de facto increased revenues in the NFZ, but also increased the Fund's expenses, which means there is no satisfaction for all those who use public healthcare. This was a manipulation, an accounting trick, and a great burden, especially for entrepreneurs. I am for reducing the health contribution, because we promised this in the election campaign.” -- AS FOR PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN MY VIEWS. THOSE WHO FORMED A COALITION WITH ME – FROM THE LEFT OR OTHER FORMATIONS – KNEW WELL WHAT MY OPINION WAS ON THIS MATTER - WKK CONTINUES IN FAKT: “Everyone has the right to live as they see fit, and there are legal provisions that everyone – just like me – can use. I don't check anyone in the Left or other formations. Everyone has the right to privacy. As for partnership associations, nothing has changed in my views. Those who formed a coalition with me – from the Left or other formations – knew well what my opinion was on this matter. Some are pretending to be surprised today, but we clearly stated this. This is not included in the coalition agreement. In PSL, everyone has always decided their own views. There is no discipline in worldview votes, and there won't be. I said this. They could have chosen not to form a coalition if they felt it was not aligned with their path. They decided that we were not including it in the coalition agreement and agreed to it. I would like to hear a good word sometimes that, even though it is not in the coalition agreement, we are open to discussion and debate on this matter. I am not a weather vane. I am in PSL, this is my only party. I have never been in any other party. So I am really not surprising anyone with my views.” https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/wladyslaw-kosiniak-kamysz-w-wywiadzie-dla-faktu-ostre-slowa-o-zwiazkach-partnerskich/ -- "THERE WILL BE A PACKAGE OF SOLUTIONS." BEREK ON THE PROVISIONS REGARDING CHILDCARE IN THE DRAFT LAW ON PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/06/28 -- WHAT BOTHERS PSL ABOUT PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATIONS? THEY TALK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND VALUES. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HOMOPHOBIA - ANTON AMBROZIAK IN OKO.PRESS: “The armor of 'rational' arguments by PSL politicians is not so much riddled as it doesn't exist at all. In the end, unfortunately, what remains is a collection of prejudices and stereotypes, cloaked in slogans about the right to one's own opinions and one's own value system. It is no longer appropriate to use openly homophobic arguments in public debate, but homophobia in PSL's proposals is not deeply hidden at all.” https://oko.press/co-uwiera-psl-w-zwiazkach-partnerskich-niby-konstytucja-i-swiat-wartosci-a-naprawde-homofobia -- KOSINIAK OPTED FOR OTHER DIRTY TRICKS, TREATING HIS POTENTIAL VOTER AS THE MOST REACTIONARY, HATEFUL, PROVINCIAL ELEMENT FROM THE OUTSET, AND RESORTED TO "GOOD OLD" HOMOPHOBIA - ŁUKASZ ŁACHECKI IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “Kosiniak-Kamysz first stirred up animosity against Ukrainians fleeing the war who were of conscription age, then, the day before the election silence, as Minister of National Defence, he was humiliated by being summoned to account after the death of a Polish soldier. It worked – in the European elections, less than half of the voters from October voted for Trzecia Droga, of whom 30% were intercepted by KO, and 8% by Konfederacja. (...) The PSL leader is probably still trying to piece together the series of unfortunate events that led to him being so brutally outmaneuvered in the racist bidding war around the border. That's why he opted for other dirty tricks, treating his potential voter as the most reactionary, hateful, provincial element from the outset, and resorted to "good old" homophobia. And to think that when I was entering adulthood around 2007, PSL was inviting the creator of Gadu-Gadu to its list, who was supposed to help rebrand Polish People's Party (PSL) as a party with modernization ambitions.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/kazda-zjednoczona-prawica-potrzebuje-swoich-ziobrystow/ -- ANIMALS MUST WAIT. HOŁOWNIA HOLDS UP OLBRYCHSKIEGO AND OSTASZEWSKA'S PROJECT - WIKTOR FERFECKI IN RZ: “The committee also includes social activists, lawyers, and politicians known for their concern for animal rights. A collection of at least 100,000 signatures for the project was supposed to start in June, but it encountered an unexpected problem. The Speaker of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, from Polski 2050, has extended the registration of the committee, whose goal is to significantly improve the fate of domestic animals in Poland. -- THE MADNESS OF TOTAL ANTI-PISISM - ESTERA FLIEGER IN RZ: “It’s good that PiS didn’t invent the washing machine, shoelaces, or the multiplication table. If they had only included the sphericity of the Earth in their program, it would be the duty of every decent democrat to proclaim that it is flat as a table.” -- RYMKIEWICZ WAS DENIED THE RIGHT TO HIS OWN OPINIONS, WHILE OTHER ARTISTS CAN HAVE THEM AND REGULARLY SHARE THEM - ESTERA FLIEGER CONTINUES IN RZ: “The idea itself is sad for several reasons. It turns out that the head of the ministry can be changed, but not the practice of managing the Polish school system, meaning it is still supposed to be a place where discussion is not allowed. Moreover, Jarosław Rymkiewicz was denied the right to his own opinions, while other artists can have them and regularly share them. Do you remember, for example, Andrzej Wajda in President Bronisław Komorowski's campaign staff? But I know: it's incomparable, he wasn't Kaczyński!” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-polityczno-spoleczne/art40720671-estera-flieger-szalenstwo-totalnego-anty-pis-u -- TODAY TUSK UNDERSTANDS THAT HE CANNOT BE CAST IN THAT ROLE. HE CANNOT YIELD PATRIOTISM OR SYMBOLS TO PIS - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Donald Tusk understands something more: no one will delve into details or ask about the copyrights of the exhibition creators. The decision of the museum's management places the Prime Minister in the role of an enemy of Pilecki, the Ulms, or Father Kolbe. Perhaps in the years 2007-2014, during his previous term, it wouldn't have bothered him. But the difference is that today the PO leader understands that he cannot be cast in that role. He cannot yield patriotism or national symbols to PiS. He made this mistake in previous years, which allowed the right-wing to build itself up as a 'patriotic camp,' restoring 'dignity,' etc.” -- THE GOAL IS TO HUMILIATE PIS, TO STRIKE AT THE PARTY AND ITS ACTIVISTS, BUT NOT TO HUMILIATE ITS VOTERS. TO HAVE AN OFFER FOR THEM - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “He understood that he could defeat PiS only if he did not allow the right-wing to monopolize historical memory, tradition, and patriotism. Because in this way, he immediately cuts himself off from conservative voters. And he should not fight with conservative voters, but with PiS. That is why he announces a ruthless fight against this party, the eradication of nepotism, corruption, or dishonest transfers of public funds by the previous government. The goal is to humiliate PiS, to strike at the party and its activists, but not to humiliate its voters. To have an offer for them.” -- THAT IS WHY TUSK DE FACTO ADOPTED THE CPK IDEA. BECAUSE HE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE TOO GREAT A POLITICAL RISK FOR HIM IF HE WERE DECLARED AN ENEMY OF POLISH INVESTMENTS - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI'S CONCLUSION IN RZ: “That is why Tusk de facto adopted the CPK idea. Because he decided that it would be too great a political risk for him if he were declared an enemy of Polish investments. This way, he will build the airport and railways his own way and take away PiS's argument that they are supposedly withdrawing from infrastructure investments under German pressure.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art40720061-michal-szuldrzynski-jak-donald-tusk-nie-chce-oddac-pis-patriotyzmu -- THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT CONTINUES MANY ELEMENTS OF PIS'S ANTI-IMMIGRANT POLICY - JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “In the short term, the government's radicalization blurs the differences between the previous and current authorities, i.e., between the camp of authoritarian populism and the camp of democratic rule of law. This pleases Putin the most because it brings us closer to eastern satrapies. When a democratic state chooses such a path, where can human rights defenders in Russia and Belarus fighting against Putin and Lukashenko look for role models? When a democratic government adopts populist tactics, how can the mobilization of democratic voters be maintained, who voted not against populists, but against their policies?” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31097216,obecny-rzad-kontynuuje-wiele-elementow-antyimigranckiej-polityki.html -- CLOSE OKĘCIE AND INVITE PRIVATE CAPITAL - PAWEŁ ROŻYŃSKI IN RZ: “A significant part of the expenses could be covered by an operation that would cause controversy and which the ruling party is currently shying away from for political reasons – closing Okęcie Airport and selling the vast areas for offices and residential construction. This is necessary because we cannot afford to maintain four airports near Warsaw.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art40720731-pawel-rozynski-jak-sfinansowac-cpk-zamknac-okecie-i-zaprosic-kapital-prywatny -- INDUSTRIAL POLICY DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD - WITOLD GADOMSKI IN GW: “Many governments are increasingly interfering in economic processes. Protectionism is growing worldwide. The effect may be stagnation of the global economy. (...) Primitive industrial policy, pursued by communist countries, allowed for a huge increase in production capacity, especially in heavy industry, but ultimately led to a deep economic crisis. The fall of communism coincided with the triumph of free-market ideas. Their fruit was a wave of privatizations, lower customs barriers, and subsidies. Thanks to this, the world experienced several decades of rapid development, which benefited especially poorer countries, including Poland. Today, barriers, government subsidies, and regulations are growing in many countries. The effect may be stagnation of the global economy.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31097114,okiem-liberala-polityka-przemyslowa-bardziej-szkodzi-niz-pomaga.html -- IT'S NONSENSE TO TALK ABOUT ANY QUICK ALLIANCE BETWEEN PIS AND RAZEM TODAY. IT WON'T HAPPEN THAT QUICKLY. FOR NOW, WE ARE AT THE STAGE OF TOLERATING EACH OTHER'S EXISTENCE, BUT IN THE LONG TERM, SOME COALITION CAPABILITY FORMULA SHOULD EMERGE FROM SUCH A CLOSENING OF RANKS - RAFAŁ WOŚ IN INTERIA: “It's nonsense to talk about any quick alliance between PiS and Razem today. It won't happen that quickly. For now, we are at the stage of tolerating each other's existence, sniffing each other out, and eliminating mutual distrust. And these are – as I said – deep. However, in the long term, some formula of coalition capability should emerge from such a closing of ranks. Much will happen along the way. Razem will have to carry out a final divorce from the Left and re-legitimize itself in the eyes of voters. PiS will be looking for a new formula for the presidential elections. We will also have a great offensive of vilification from the liberal hegemon. There will be more than one attempt to call the rebellious Left to order. If not by threat, then by slander. And I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Paulina Matysiak that she doesn't give in to this attack. But the first hurdles are over. It will be easier now. Better for Poland. And more interesting for the commentary section as well.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-pis-i-razem-na-pierwszej-randce-liberalne-ciotki-oszaleja-z-,nId,7609646 -- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Jurek, Krystyna Szumilas, Ewa Kierzkowska, Ryszard Zembaczyński, Tadeusz Zysk, Piotr Śmiłowicz, Krystian Wolak.